Richard D. Calenberg

Professor of World Missions and Intercultural Studies

Dr. Calenberg has been teaching Bible, theology, and missions since 1974 including 16 years
on the faculty of Moody Bible Institute and Theological Seminary. In 1984, he and his family
joined SIM and moved to Nigeria to serve on the faculty of Jos ECWA Theological Seminary.
His ten years of missionary service in Nigeria included evangelism and church planting
with his seminary students and three years as SIM Nigeria Director. After 12 years, he
retired from SIM as Northwest Regional Director in Portland, Oregon. He ministers in nine
countries of Africa as the International Director of the Romans Project, a pastoral training and resourcing
ministry focused on the Book of Romans. He and his wife, Carol, have four daughters, three sons-in-law
and eight grandchildren. In true African style, four generations presently live in their home in Euless, TX.